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David Oliver Brown and Amanda Melvina Graham David
Oliver Brown was born June 17, 1845 in Tennessee to John Brown and
Francis "Fanny" Glass. David entered the CSA at Camp Turesdale,
Tennessee on August 24, 1861, He was sixteen years of age. He was
wounded at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862 and received a medical
discharge on July 7, 1862 in Alexander, Mississippi. After his
marriage in 1863, David enlisted in the U.S. Army in Shelbyville,
Bedford County, Tennessee. He served in Co. I, 4th TN Mounted Infantry.
He was mustered into the Union Army on March 10, 1865.
Between 1870 and 1890, David Oliver Brown and his family were living in Missouri and Tennessee. It is apparent that he moved his family to Texas by 1892, when he declared on his pension request that he is an invalid. His daughter, Jessie Dee Brown, was born in Ellis County, Texas.   David Oliver Brown & Amanda Melvina Brown David Oliver Brown married Amanda Melvina Brown November 19, 1863 in Tennessee. Amanda Melvina Brown was born April 17, 1845 in Tennessee. She was the daughter of James Richard Graham and Martha "Patsy" Glass. It has not been documented as to whether David's mother, Francis Glass and Amanda's mother, Martha, are biological sisters. Martha Glass was one-half Cherokee; her father is believed to have been a white man.  Martha "Patsy" Glass Amanda
Melvina Graham Brown passed away on February 3, 1922 and is buried in
the Collinsville Cemetery. After her death, David married Azelia C.
Patterson on Febraury 12, 1925. David passed away January 21,
1927 and is buried in the Collinsville Cemetery beside his first wife.
A family tale is that on the day of David's burial that it was
snowing heavily. The funeral directors suggested that the family
not attempt to attend his burial. According to the family tale,
no one in his immediate family attended his graveside funeral.
Children of David Oliver Brown & Amanda Melvina Graham Julianna Brown 1864 - 1921  Martha Paralee Brown 1866 - 1940  Francis "Fannie" Tennessee Brown 1870 - 1937 William Seymore Brown 1870 - 1937  Jessie Dee Brown 1883 - 1965 Original photographs in original frames in possession of  Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 |